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Mesoscale Discussion 1069

June 8, 200725 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2007, 6:36 PM CDT for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2007, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2958 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 082336
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 082336 
TXZ000-090130-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1069
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0636 PM CDT FRI JUN 08 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...EAST CENTRAL TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 082336Z - 090130Z

STORMS MAY INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE/INTENSITY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
TX THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WILL MONITOR FOR A POSSIBLE WATCH.

LATEST VOLUMETRIC RADAR IMAGERY FEATURES STRONG/SEVERE STORMS
FOCUSED ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN UPSHUR/GREGG/SMITH COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST TX. ALTHOUGH LIMITED BACKGROUND FORCING FOR ASCENT AND A
RESIDUAL LAYER OF WARM AIR ALOFT HAS THUS FAR CURBED THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DEEP CONVECTION INTO CENTRAL TX...LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE TRENDS
FEATURES EXPANSION OF MODERATE/TOWERING CU ACROSS NORTHEAST/EAST
CENTRAL TX...BOTH ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THE ADJACENT
UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. SOUTHWEST PROPAGATION AND CONGLOMERATION OF
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS ACROSS NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL TX COULD LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTHWESTWARD WITH TIME...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO ZIPPER TOWARD THE I-35
CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE WACO/FORT HOOD/AUSTIN VICINITIES.

..GUYER.. 06/08/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...SHV...HGX...FWD...EWX...SJT...

32519623 32859543 32549453 31759460 30569648 30339870
30769898 31379822 32019713

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Jack, Montague and 2 more2 hr
Jun 8, 8:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins and 5 more58 min
Jun 8, 2:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 37 more3 hr
Jun 8, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio2 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.